Category Archives: History

Come Home live video released.

Sit Down single released. James retire to the Manor complex in Oxford to start recording the follow-up to Gold Mother.

James play a secret show at Paris La Locomotive club where they preview ten songs from their recent demos that were to form the basis of the Seven album, albeit sounding radically different and including Pressure’s On and the unreleased Somebody Help Me.

Three weeks before the single release, James perform Sit Down on Terry Wogan’s primetime BBC chat show.

They head to Paris and play a secret show at the Locomotive Club where they reveal ten songs from the recording sessions for Seven that they are in the middle of.

James play Wembley Arena as part of the indie night of the Brit Awards.

James play five songs included the unreleased Ring The Bells on the roof of Piccadilly Hotel in Manchester. 5,000 people turned up and the Manchester traffic was brought to a standstill.

Lose Control single released. James sell out a mini tour taking in Newcastle, Glasgow and Brixton, completed with two triumphant nights at Manchester’s 10,000 capacity G-Mex. The second night is filmed for later release on the Come Home live video. A proposed mini-tour of the Soviet Union is cancelled at the last moment.

James play two sold out nights at Blackpool’s Empress Ballroom. James support David Bowie and The Cure at outdoor shows at Manchester Maine Road and Crystal Palace.

Gold Mother album released. Come Home single released. James tour the UK on their World Cup tour taking days off when England have matches. At the end of the tour, they play a triumphant show at Glastonbury.

How Was It For You? is denied a Top of the Pops appearance due to the video featuring Tim immersed in water.

How Was It For You? single released.

James sign to Fontana Records.

Come Home single released. James perform a triumphant UK tour despite being flu-ridden for most of it. Audiences take to stage invasions and mass sit-downs when Sit Down is played.